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Why you should trust me: Lab talk with Boaz Keysar

livestream lecture

Join us for the next Center for Practical Wisdom Lecture Livestream on Wednesday, November 6th at 9:00 am CST!

From the Multilingualism and Decision-Making lab at the University of Chicago, Boaz Keysar is the Center for Practical Wisdom Deputy Director and the William Benton Professor in Psychology.

Keysar studies the relationship between decision-making and language use. He has contributed to the study of figurative language and to the understanding of perspective taking. He has made discoveries about the impact of using a foreign language on choice, the way that language modality affects reasoning, how language affects health decisions and negotiations, and more.

His research has received substantial interest in media outlets such as Scientific American, NY Times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, SF Chronicle, The Economist, Der Spiegel, China Daily, MSNBC, NPR, and Freakonomics. 

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*This session will not be recorded. This is livestream only.